All the stupid status quo awards they hand out every year?
This year looks to be no different, at least if the nominations are any indication, but we'll still watch all the pretty people smile politely while clapping for the people who beat them.
And I'll still yell at the TV enough my neighbors contemplate calling the cops.
Good times! So let's break it down, shall we? Who should win at TV's most prestigious awards on Sunday? Who will?
Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
Julie Bowen, Modern Family
Jane Krakowski, 30 Rock
Sophia Vergara, Modern Family
Jane Lynch, Glee
Betty White, Hot in Cleveland
Kristen Wiig, Saturday Night Live
Who should? Julie Bowen's fantastic work on Modern Family deserves to be awarded. She is brilliant as harried mom Claire, playing both straight man to crazy husband Phil and the character's numerous neuroses with aplomb. I think the Emmy's will give it to Bowen's costar Vergara instead, who is great as well. Unless they go sentimental and give it to Betty White. They're not that lame, right? I mean, she's a cute old lady, but that show is stupid.
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| I hate you, show. |
Supporting Actor in a Comedy
Ty Burell, Modern Family
Jon Cryer, Two and a Half Men
Chris Colfer, Glee
Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Modern Family
Eric Stonestreet, Modern Family
Ed O'Neil, Modern Family
The Modern Family guys are all so great it really is hard to chose. It's possible that Emmy voters will feel the same way and hand it out to one of the other two, but my money's on Ed O'Neil who is both deserving and a sentimental choice. They love that!
Lead Actress in a Comedy
Edie Falco, Nurse Jackie
Tina Fey, 30 Rock
Laura Linney, The Big C
Melissa McCarthy, Mike and Molly
Martha Plimpton, Raising Hope
Amy Poehler, Parks and Recreation
God, Amy Poehler should really, really win this. She's just so damn good. But Parks and Rec is too under the radar at this point, so I'm pretty sure Laura Linney will take it. Her show is about cancer.
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| It's the C. |
Lead Actor in a Comedy
Alec Baldwin, 30 Rock
Louis C.K., Louie
Steve Carrell, The Office
Johnny Galecki, The Big Bang Theory
Matt LeBlanc, Episodes
Jim Parsons, The Big Bang Theory
Steve Carrell is taking it home this year for his final season of The Office, and I think deservedly so. He made me cry at least three times.
Comedy Series
30 Rock
The Big Bang Theory
Glee
Modern Family
The Office
Parks and Recreation
I wish Parks and Rec would get some love, because I just think it is an awesome show, but Modern Family is going to take it, and you just can't argue with that. It's hilarious every week, the actors are great, and even in the midst of all the sitcom hijinks, it still manages to feel real. Plus, and I mean this sincerely, I am in love with Nolan Gould, who plays Luke.
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| Can I adopt you? Sorry, did I just make it weird? |
Supporting Actress in a Drama
Christine Baranski, The Good Wife
Michelle Forbes, The Killing
Christina Hendricks, Mad Men
Kelly MacDonald, Boardwalk Empire
Margo Martindale, Justified
Archie Panjabi, The Good Wife
The buzz says this award is going to Kelly MacDonald, but I think it will be absolutely criminal not to give it to Margo Martindale, whose brilliant work on Justified not only made the entire season but will be hard to live up to for future baddies. Are you listening, Emmy? She was unbelievably good.
Supporting Actor in a Drama
Andre Braugher, Men of a Certain Age
Josh Charles, The Good Wife
Alan Cumming, The Good Wife
Peter Dinklage, Game of Thrones
Walton Goggins, Justified
John Slattery, Mad Men
I have the hardest time with who should win this one. Goggins is fantastic as Boyd Crowder on Justified, Peter Dinklage is massively entertaining on Game of Thrones, and Alan Cumming is killing it on The Good Wife. Buzz seems to indicate the award will go to John Slattery, but I think it will probably go to Cumming. The Emmy's love to award movie stars.
Lead Actress in a Drama
Kathy Bates, Harry's Law
Connie Britton, Friday Night Lights
Mireille Enos, The Killing
Mariska Hargitay, Law and Order: SVU
Julianna Marguiles, The Good Wife
Elisabeth Moss, Mad Men
So who should win best actress? Katey Sagal for her brilliant performance on Sons of Anarchy. Oh, wait, she's not nominated because awards shows are stupid. No one nominated is even close to how good Sagal is on Sons. Whatever. Margulies is taking it.
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| You win in my heart, you fabulous badass. |
Lead Actor in a Drama
Steve Buschemi, Boardwalk Empire
Kyle Chandler, Friday Night Lights
Michael C. Hall, Dexter
Jon Hamm, Mad Men
Hugh Laurie, House
Timothy Olyphant, Justified
Olyphant should win for his subtle and nuanced performance as the damaged Raylan Givens on Justified, but he won't. It will probably go to Hamm, although Buschemi could sneak in an upset.
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| But, hey, we get to see this in a tuxedo! |
Drama Series
Boardwalk Empire
Dexter
Friday Night Lights
Game of Thrones
The Good Wife
Mad Men
The epic, ambitious Game of Thrones should win, for its scope and brilliance, but the Emmy's will play it safe and probably go with Mad Men. The Good Wife could sneak in, they do love a good legal drama, but I'm betting on Don Draper and company to take home the gold.
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| And the Emmy for Best Use of a Hat goes to... |
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